Re: Retrieving Windows CE files from GPS device

The main reason I want to copy the files to my PC is so that I can
analyse them to determine which of them are involved with particular
hardware and software aspects of my GPS device. I currently have my
GPS operating as a crude PDA.

The GIFs I was referring to are screenshots of the files in the GPS
Windows folder that are visible from my Win98SE PC via ActiveSync. I
would have preferred to capture the directory listing to a text file,
but I don't know of any way to do this in WinCE.

BTW, I found this remote registry editor very helpful:
http://ceregeditor.mdsoft.pl/index.php?id=3&lang=en


On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:50:45 -0700, "Paul G. Tobey [eMVP]" <p space
tobey no spam AT no instrument no spam DOT com> put finger to keyboard
and composed:

Files in ROM are not stored there as files, usually, but as
directly-executable images. You can never copy those to the PC, but they
shouldn't be a problem as far as losing them, since they're in ROM.

Other files might be parts of running programs and you can't back those up
for obvious reasons (they're in use).

I'm not sure what's happening with GIFs, but the most-likely cause of
problems is that they're open.

Paul T.

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:c0opf49rnisl414cghpsfs9faphku4foqd@xxxxxxxxxx
I have a GPS device running Windows CE 5.0 build 1400.

I'm running ActiveSync ver 3.8 on a Win98SE box.

I'd like to be able to backup all the WinCE executables on my desktop
PC, but the EXE, DLL, and CPL files are protected in some way (Access
Denied). Furthermore, there are many more hidden files which I can't
see via ActiveSync but which are visible when I hack into the GPS OS.

I have a lot of beginner's questions in regard to WinCE, but I can't
find an active WinCE newsgroup. Can anyone suggest an appropriate
forum?

Here is the information I have collected on the GPS device so far:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/GPS/PWM-3501_Tevion/

The GIFs are screenshots of the GPS files that are visible from the PC
side.

- Franc Zabkar

- Franc Zabkar
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